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Reporting Out at the Edge

Theo Greenly remembers there used to be hovercraft transport to Akutan Island but not anymore. To get there to report a story for the public radio station he works for, Theo had to take a white knuckle express, a little six-seater twin prop plane called a Navajo. But Theo is based in Unalaska, a small […]

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All Hear, November 2023

Hello! Welcome (back) to All Hear, the Everything List for Audio Opportunities. I’m really excited about this month’s edition. It’s filled with so many opportunities

Are You Listening?

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Revisiting: Remembering Studs

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Pleasing to the Ear

I was recently interviewed about audio storytelling by a couple of producers from ACB Stories in Germany. They asked all kinds of great questions, like

All Hear, October 2023

Hello! I’m Talia. Welcome (back) to All Hear, the Everything List for Audio Opportunities. There are some great opportunities this month, including Arts Emergency’s mentorship

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One day, a bunch of years ago, I was sitting in the kitchen of a women who lived in Phippsburg, Maine, over by Small Point

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All Hear, September 2023

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Next Level Scoring

Music is emotional fascism. I often say that when I’m teaching. It’s a warning about scoring stories with music because music is incredibly dangerous —

All Hear, July 2023

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